From Perception to Pleasure: The Neuroscience of Music and Why We Love It
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197558287ISBN-10:197558283UPC:9780197558287Book Category:Medical, Music, EducationBook Subcategory:Diseases, Instruction & StudyBook Topic:AppreciationSize:9.70 x 7.40 x 1.30 inchesWeight:2.101Product ID:SCF32K5S9M
From Perception to Pleasure: The Neuroscience of Music and Why We Love It
Why do we love music? What enables us to create it, perceive it, and enjoy it? In From Perception to Pleasure, Robert Zatorre provides answers to these questions from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience, explaining how we get from perception of sound patterns to pleasurable responses. The book is organized around a central thesis: that pleasure in music arises from interactions between...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197558287ISBN-10:197558283UPC:9780197558287Book Category:Medical, Music, EducationBook Subcategory:Diseases, Instruction & StudyBook Topic:AppreciationSize:9.70 x 7.40 x 1.30 inchesWeight:2.101Product ID:SCF32K5S9M
Robert Zatorre was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied music and psychology at Boston University, and obtained his PhD at Brown University, followed by postdoctoral work at the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University, where he currently holds a Canada Research Chair. His laboratory studies the neural substrates of auditory cognition, focusing on two...
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